Patent Model - Improvement in Plating Metals
Maker and role
Hiram Tucker, Patentee
Production date
Apr 27 1869
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Metal
Measurements
18 3/4 x 15 x 2 1/4" (47.6 x 38.1 x 5.7cm)
Description
Tucker's patent "consists in first coating bodies or surfaces of oxidizable metals or alloys with an electro-deposit of nickel, and then in electro-plating such deposit in whole or in part with gold." (Patent Number 89,522)
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Object number
2015.14.1003a,b
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